Downtown Grand Rapids boutique moving closer to customers

Nikki Dykstra's rendering of what her boutique Lee & Birch will look like in its new Wealthy Street location.Courtesy image

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Downtown Grand Rapids boutique Lee & Birch is moving to the Wealthy Street business district to be closer to customers, and provide some free parking for shoppers.

The new location is in the former Ron’s Car Wash & Coffee Shop, at 759 Wealthy St. SE, which closed last year.

Owner Nikki Dykstra says she has no regrets about locating the boutique on the first floor of the Trade Center Building at the corner of Monroe Avenue and Louis St. NW, for the last four years. But a year ago she realized there might be a more ideal spot for the modern clothing and accessories shop.